Bucks surge in fourth quarter to blast Heat

SaturdayAtlanta     109-100     Indiana     Charlotte     95-98    New Orleans     Orlando     88-123    Toronto     Brooklyn     103-100     Cleveland     Memphis     81-72   

Monday, December 31, 2012
Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (3) shoots the ball over Milwaukee Bucks' Beno Udrih during the first half. Net photo.

SaturdayAtlanta     109-100     Indiana     Charlotte     95-98    New Orleans     Orlando     88-123    Toronto     Brooklyn     103-100     Cleveland     Memphis     81-72    Denver     Houston     94-124    Oklahoma City     Chicago     87-77    Washington     Minnesota     111-107     Phoenix     Portland     89-85    Philadelphia     Golden State     101-83    Boston     MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Miami Heat with a fourth-quarter blitz on Saturday to record a 104-85 blowout win over the NBA champions.With the Heat leading 71-69 entering the final period, the Bucks (16-12) kicked into high gear and outscored Miami 35-14 to blow them off the floor in the last quarter.Brandon Jennings scored 25 points, Mike Dunleavy scored 13 of his 18 in the fourth and Milwaukee forced Miami into errors and turnovers. It was Miami’s second successive loss."It was good to win a game like this against the defending champs,” Milwaukee’s Luc Richard Mbah a Moute told reporters. Heat guard Dwyane Wade returned from his one-game suspension for kicking Charlotte’s Ramon Sessions and scored 24 points, while LeBron James added 26 points.Milwaukee had jumped out to a 56-44 halftime lead but gave the advantage back in the third where James took over and the Heat outscored them 27-13 in the quarter. James had 14 in the third to pull his team back in the game.